Generate GitHub Issue Templates for Your Project with Claude

Good issue templates reduce the back-and-forth of "I need more information" comments — let Claude write them based on how your project actually works.

claude "Read the README.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, and recent closed issues in this repo. Generate a complete .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ directory with three templates: bug_report.yml, feature_request.yml, and question.yml. Use the GitHub issues forms format with proper labels, dropdowns, and required fields."

Claude tailors the fields to your actual stack — a Laravel project gets a PHP version field and a reproduction URL pointing to Laravelplayground; a React library gets a CodeSandbox template link.

For a more specific fit, describe what good issues look like in your project:

claude "Create a bug report template for a CLI tool. Required fields: CLI version (from --version output), OS and shell, the exact command that failed, expected vs actual output, and steps to reproduce. Add a checkbox that confirms they've searched existing issues."

You can also ask Claude to write the config.yml that controls the issue creation experience:

# Claude can generate this too
blank_issues_enabled: false
contact_links:
  - name: Security Vulnerabilities
    url: https://example.com/security
    about: Please report security issues privately

And for projects with a GitHub Discussions forum, Claude can generate discussion templates to route questions away from the issue tracker entirely.

Five minutes with Claude produces templates that save hours of issue triage for the whole life of your project.